Saint Erik (ship)
The Sankt Erik is a Swedish icebreaker used as a museum ship .
location
The Sankt Erik belongs to the Maritime History Museum and is located in the Galärvarvet area on the west side of the island Djurgården in Stockholm in Ladugårdslandsviken . The Vasa Museum is located immediately north of the berth . At berth there are other museum ships, the lightship Finngrundet .
history
Today's Sankt Erik was built in 1915 at the Finnboda shipyard and named Isbrytaren II . The ship was Sweden's first deep-sea icebreaker. It was used by the city of Stockholm to keep the sea routes through the Stockholm archipelago clear . In harsh winters, the Isbrytaren II was also used by the Swedish state, which used it in the Gulf of Bothnia and on the coast of southern Sweden to support shipping there. It wasn't until 1927 that the Swedish state had its own icebreaker.
In 1958 the ship was rebuilt, in connection with which the current name Sankt Erik was given. During the renovation, the ship received a navigating bridge. Since then, the crew no longer had to stand in the cold to navigate. At the same time, the ship received a radar and radio system. The steam engines were also modernized so that the fuel requirement was halved.
Today the Sankt Erik has two three-cylinder steam engines. The rear steam engine has 2,800 hp and is today (as of 2015) the largest operational ship steam engine in Sweden. The front steam engine is weaker and has 1,200 hp.
The Sankt Erik is 60 meters long and 17 meters wide. The draft is 6.50 meters. The shape of the ship is typical of a Baltic Sea icebreaker. There is a raised stem at the bow . With this, the ship can push itself on ice surfaces and break them with its weight. The broken ice and water are washed backwards along the hull by a screw on the bow . The hull of the ship is rounded to better withstand the lateral pressure of the ice. In addition, the Sankt Erik has a heeling system that can pump water back and forth between both sides of the ship. The lurching of the ship that can be reached in this way enables it to free itself from the ice and widen its own shipping channel . The stern of the ship is equipped with a fork that allows ships to be maneuvered . The crew was 30 people.
In 1977 the Sankt Erik was decommissioned. She has been used as a museum ship since 1980.
literature
- Info sheet The icebreaker "Sankt Erik" , without a year.
Web links
Coordinates: 59 ° 19 ′ 37.6 ″ N , 18 ° 5 ′ 27.2 ″ E